RIAA Sales Compared to Download Statistics

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RIAA Sales Compared to Download Statistics

Posted by michael on Thursday September 4, 2003 @05:26AM from the desperate-times-call-for-desperate-measures dept.

OneInEveryCrowd writes "According to an article at SFGate, although the recent crackdown and lawsuits have caused a 22% drop in downloading, the drop in CD sales actually accelerated during the same period. My own response to the RIAA crackdown was to get a Netflix account, get into fansubs, and swear off CD purchases for life. If this was mainstream behavior CD sales would have dropped to zero. I was still pleased to see that many people responded in a similar fashion though." An EMI executive has a piece giving the standard industry view, but this piece about Universal slashing CD prices may be more telling.

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Yea, we win! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-04 05:28 · Score: -1, Offtopic

GO WINDOWS!
RIAA r0x0r. by Arf4 · 2003-09-04 06:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

BP Rulez.
Re:Well it worked elsewhere by MicroBerto · 2003-09-04 06:11 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I know the article mentiones Justin Timberlake, but maybe another part is that the British are not being forcefed the same shit that we Americans are.
They are making real music decisions, and buying real music.
One British band whose new CD you're going to want? IRON MAIDEN.
You might have thought Iron Maiden was washed up long ago, but that's quite contrary to the truth. I've gotten my filthy hands on their new Dance of Death release a bit early, and I can say that these guys are firing on all cylinders.
Whereas the classic American metal band, "Metallica", put out absolute slop this year, Britain's best put out a classic. For any metalheads out there, try to find Montsegur on Maiden's new album. WOW.
Point is, if the Europeans are sticking to their own music, then that might be another reason why more people buy it. Europeans know better than this Linkin Park Metallica bizkit garbage.

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Berto
Re:RIAA Price Cuts by tuckerclerico · 2003-09-04 06:32 · Score: 0, Offtopic

>>I wouldn't piss on Lars Ulrich's head
>>if he was on fire.

Would you piss on his leg if he'd just been bitten by a jelly-fish?

I ask because while it's unlikely the piss would put out the fire (and therefore wouldn't do much good), it would actually relieve (and help heal) the jellyfish sting.

I know because last week when I was surfing in the Hotep Funnel off Hawaii, I got stung by a jellyfish. It hurt like nothing I'd ever felt before. Like a raw, steel bitch of hurt.

Anyway, I make it back to the beach, see the medic, and he tells me, "Tucker, find a guy to piss on it."

On what?

"That," says the medic, pointing to red, stinging wound.

I ask him if he's kidding, and he tells me no, it's no joke. It's no urban legend. "You gotta find someone willing to piss on it."

"Go ahead then," I tell him.

"Not me," says the medic. "I just went."

So after a bit of back and forth, the medic agrees to locate a volunteer. Fifteen minutes later, he comes walking back with a guy who introduces himself as 'Willy Struggle.'

Are you joking? What kind of a name is Willy Struggle?

"You want I should piss on you or jabber?"

Okay, I say. You're right. Go ahead.

And he does. He takes a long, slow piss on the sting. The medic watches. After it's all over, he asks me how I feel.

Better, I say. It's true. It felt a *lot* better.

True story.